More than three-fourths of Maryland taxpayers would pay less in state income taxes under Governor O’Malley’s income-tax restructuring plan, and only the highest-income 2 percent of taxpayers would pay more, a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analyst told state lawmakers Thursday.
The General Assembly is considering this and …

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s revenue proposal would make a number of important improvements to the state’s tax system, but the legislature could go further by providing more tax relief to low-income families and increasing progressivity.
“By closing corporate loopholes, making the income tax more progressive, …

As Florida’s legislature prepares to once again consider property tax relief measures next week, a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities outlines a simple, well-targeted approach that is not being considered. Called a “circuit breaker,” it could provide substantial relief to up to 2.5 million …

Governor Rell’s proposed cap on property taxes is the wrong solution for the recently rising property tax burdens faced by many Connecticut households, the deputy director of the Center on Budget on Policy Priorities told state lawmakers Friday.
In testimony before the General …

Pennsylvania lawmakers should preserve and strengthen key elements of Governor Rendell’s health care proposal, an analyst from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities told the House Insurance Committee today. The proposal, now before the House as the Pennsylvania Health …

Governors in six states have recommended that their state adopt a key reform to outlaw a variety of abusive income-tax-avoidance strategies practiced by corporations such as Wal-Mart, a new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report explains.
Eighteen states had already adopted the reform, …

In nearly half of the states with an income tax, a family of four owes the tax even if its income falls below the poverty line, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In 19 of the 42 states that levy an income tax, the “tax threshold” (the income level at which families begin owing taxes) …

Income tax bills for Hawaii’s working-poor families remain among the highest in the country, according to a new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which examines the income tax burdens on the poor in the 42 states that levy income taxes. The tax cut package that was passed last year and is set to take effect …

Working poor families in Georgia with incomes well below the federal poverty line face state income tax bills, according to a new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which examines the income tax burdens on the poor in the 42 states that levy income taxes.
Georgia’s “tax threshold” (the income …

Hawaii levies among the nation’s highest income taxes on low-income working families and its national ranking is worsening by some measures, according to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Creation of a state Earned Income Tax Credit, one of two policy …

A recent federal requirement that U.S. citizens document their citizenship status when they apply for or renew their Medicaid coverage is reducing Medicaid enrollment, particularly among low-income children, and raising state administrative costs, according to a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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A new set of long-term budget projections issued by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — the first projections to incorporate the new ten-year estimates issued last week by the Congressional Budget Office — show that the nation’s long-term fiscal situation is grim. They also shed light on …

Maine should both strengthen existing methods of providing property-tax relief and promote economic growth through investments in areas like tourism and higher education, according to Iris Lav, deputy director of the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, in a speech …